New Encoding Options

Vector has deprecated the root-level encoding option in favor of new encoding.* sub-options:

• encoding.only_fields - Encode only the fields listed.
• encoding.except_fields - Encode all fields except the ones listed.
• encoding.codec - The codec to use (ex: json).
• encoding.timestamp_format - Customize how timestamps are serialized.

Upgrade Guide

Upgrading is easy:

 sinks:
   my-sink:
     type: "..."
-    encoding: "json"
+    encoding:
+      codec: "json"
+      except_fields: ["_meta"] # optional
+      timestamp_format: "rfc3339" # optional